Answer to Question #280338 in Physics for mochi

Question

2.) A 2 kg object is located at a distance of 6.2x10⁵ m from the center of a larger object whose mass is 6.0x10²² kg. What is the size of the force acting on the smaller object?

Answer 1

By Newton's law of universal gravitation, the force is

$$F=\frac{GM_1M_2}{R^2}=20.8\text{ N}.$$